Nokia 9000 Communicator#9110

{{Short description|Mobile phone model}}

{{Infobox Mobile phone

| name = Nokia 9000/9000i Communicator

| image = Nokia9000.png

| imagesize = 150

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| manufacturer = Nokia

| carrier =

| available = Discontinued

| discontinued =

| screen = Monochrome partly-graphic LCD

| exterior_screen =

| camera =

| 2nd_camera =

| operatingsystem = GEOS (on the PDA side)

| input =

| cpu = AMD Élan SC450

| ringtone =

| memory = No

| memory_card = No

| storage =

| networks = GSM-900

| connectivity =

| battery =

| size = {{cvt|173|×|64|×|38|mm}}

| weight = {{cvt|397|g}}

| form =

| music =

| predecessor = Nokia 2170 (9000/9000i)

| successor = Nokia 9210 Communicator (9110)
Nokia 9210i Communicator (9110i)

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The Nokia 9000 Communicator mobile device is the first product in Nokia's Communicator series, announced at CeBIT 1996 and introduced into the market on five months later, 15 August 1996.{{cite press release |author= |title=First GSM-based communicator product hits the market Nokia Starts Sales of the Nokia 9000 Communicator |url=http://company.nokia.com/en/news/press-releases/1996/08/15/first-gsm-based-communicator-product-hits-the-market-nokia-starts-sales-of-the-nokia-9000-communicator |website=Nokia |date=15 August 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603191142/http://company.nokia.com/en/news/press-releases/1996/08/15/first-gsm-based-communicator-product-hits-the-market-nokia-starts-sales-of-the-nokia-9000-communicator |archive-date=3 June 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=1 October 2019}} It is powered by an AMD Elan 24 MHz Intel i386 CPU,{{cite press release |title=Nokia Unveils World's First All-In-One Communicator For The Americas |date=19 September 1996 |url=http://press.nokia.com/1996/09/19/nokia-unveils-world%C2%92s-first-all-in-one-communicator-for-the-americas/ |access-date=1 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031013345/http://press.nokia.com/1996/09/19/nokia-unveils-world%C2%92s-first-all-in-one-communicator-for-the-americas/ |archive-date=31 October 2013 |author= |website=Nokia}} with 8 MB of memory, divided between applications (4 MB), program memory (2 MB) and user data (2 MB),{{cite web |author= |date=13 October 2007 |title=Nokia 9000 Communicator {{!}} Device Specs |url=http://phonedb.net/index.php?m=device&id=879&c=nokia_9000_communicator |access-date=1 October 2019 |website=PhoneDB}} running PEN/GEOS 3.0.

The Communicator, with its digital GSM cellular telephone, was one of the earliest smartphones on the market,[http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Vor-20-Jahren-Die-Smartphone-Aera-beginnt-mit-grossem-Communicator-3294399.html Vor 20 Jahren: Die Smartphone-Ära beginnt mit großem Communicator], heise.de (German) after the IBM Simon in 1994 and the HP OmniGo 700LX, a DOS-based palmtop PC with integrated cradle for the Nokia 2110 cellular mobile phone, announced in late 1995 and shipped in March 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.palmtoppaper.com/ptphtml/24/pt240021.htm|title=HP's OmniGo 700LX Communicator Plus|website=www.palmtoppaper.com}}

The Communicator was highly advanced at the time, featuring sending and receiving e-mail and fax via its CSD (Circuit Switched Data) modem, to transmit data over the GSM network at a bitrate of 9.6 kbit/s,{{Cite web |last=Brombach |first=Harald |date=2021-08-06 |title=For 25 år siden brakte Nokia 9000 internett til mobilen |url=https://www.digi.no/artikler/for-25-ar-siden-brakte-nokia-9000-internett-til-mobilen/512253 |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=Digi.no |language=no}} printing documents using its IrDA port, and it also had a web browser and business programs.{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jIClo30yWO4C&q=nokia+9000+i386&pg=PT44 |title = ASP.Net MVC 4 Mobile App Development|isbn = 9781849687379|last1 = Meadows|first1 = Andy|date = January 2013| publisher=Packt Publishing }} It is formed of a clamshell design that opens up to reveal a monochrome LCD with a 640 × 200 resolution and a full QWERTY keyboard similar to a Psion PDA, and weighing {{convert|397|g|oz}}. It was priced £1,000 in the UK upon launch ({{Inflation|UK|1000|1996|r=-2|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}).

9110

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The Nokia 9110 Communicator is the updated model of the Nokia 9000 Communicator in the Communicator series.

Its biggest change from the 9000 was that it weighed much less, but also had a newer i486-based processor.

= Specifications =

  • Operating system: GEOS (running on top of ROM-DOS) on the PDA side
  • Main applications: Fax, short messages, email, Wireless imaging: digital camera connectivity, Smart messaging, TextWeb, Web browser, Serial Terminal, Telnet, Contacts, Notes, Calendar, Calculator, world time clock, Composer.
  • Display: 640 × 200 Pixels
  • Size: 158 mm × 56 mm × 27 mm
  • Weight: 253 g
  • Processor: Embedded AMD Élan SC450 Am486 processor at 33 MHzA photograph of the insides of the case, with the CPU, can be seen in the last picture on the right side of this page.[http://support.amd.com/TechDocs/21028.pdf Data sheet of the processor]
  • Memory: 8 MB total, 4 MB Operating System and applications, 2 MB program execution, 2 MB user data storage, MMC card.

Reception and legacy

Then-CEO of Nokia, Jorma Ollila, said in 2012 regarding the device: "We were five years ahead."{{cite web |last=Baguley |first=Richard |date=August 1, 2013 |title=The Gadget We Miss: The Nokia 9000 Communicator |url=https://medium.com/people-gadgets/the-gadget-we-miss-the-nokia-9000-communicator-ef8e8c7047ae |website=Medium}}

= Awards =

The Nokia 9000 Communicator received several awards including:{{cite web |title=Nokia Annual Report 1997 |url=https://web.lib.aalto.fi/fi/old/yrityspalvelin/pdf/1997/enokia.pdf |access-date=2019-11-14}}

  • GSM World Award (for innovation) at GSM World Conference 1997
  • Best Technological Advance by Mobile News UK
  • Best New Product 1997 by Business Week magazine

= Successors =

The product line was discontinued in 2000 with the introduction of Nokia 9210 Communicator which introduced a wide TFT colour internal screen, 32-bit ARM9-based RISC CPU at 52 MHz, 16 MB of internal memory, enhanced web abilities and most importantly saw the operating system change to the Symbian operating system. The 9210i launched in 2002 increased the internal memory to 40 MB, video streaming and flash 5 support for the web browser.

The 9xxx Communicators introduced features which later evolved into smartphones.

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